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It didn’t take long for Flyers general manager Ron Hextall to get his backup goaltender situation resolved. Just an hour after NHL free agency opened at noon on Wednesday, Hextall came to terms on a two-year contract with goaltender Michal Neuvirth. The contract for the Czech native is reportedly worth $1.625 million for each of the next two seasons. Neuvirth, 27, figures to be the No. 2 netminder behind starter Steve Mason in the upcoming season. It also brings an end to the Ray Emery era in Philadelphia. Emery, who served as Mason’s backup the past two seasons in his second tenure with the Flyers (his first was in 2009-10), became an unrestricted free agent on Wednesday...

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